Andrew S. Boozary

Dec 30, 2024 | theglobeandmail.com | Andrew S. Boozary

May 21, 2024 | cmaj.ca | Andrew S. Boozary |Catherine Varner |Andreas Laupacis

In this issue of CMAJ, Alston and colleagues describe the urgent and complex problem of homelessness among older adults,1 a growing population nationwide.2 The latest report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) revealed that, in 2023, 30 000 people experiencing homelessness were admitted to hospitals in Canada, and these admissions lasted twice as long and were more than double the cost than admissions for people who were not unhoused.3 Both the CMAJ analysis and the CIHI...

May 6, 2024 | cmaj.ca | Catherine Varner |Andrew S. Boozary |Andreas Laupacis

In research published in this issue of CMAJ, Mah and colleagues summarize clinicians’ experiences of providing care for patients whose presenting illness is not acute and for whom admission to hospital is not warranted, and yet complex health needs and a background of inadequate social supports mean they cannot safely be discharged.1 The article’s authors use the term “social admissions.” Yet, the pervasive, pejorative term often used is “failure to cope,” which implicitly blames the person...

Jan 26, 2024 | theglobeandmail.com | Andrew S. Boozary

May 26, 2023 | jamanetwork.com | Nav Persaud |Temerty Faculty |Michael T. Bedard |Andrew S. Boozary

Key PointsQuestion  What is the effect of eliminating out-of-pocket medication costs on total health care costs? Findings  In this secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial of 786 primary care patients in Ontario, Canada, eliminating out-of-pocket medication costs was associated with lower reduced total health spending by a median of $1641 and a mean of $4465 over 3 years.